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Mourinho fumes at 'campaign' against Chelsea

Jose Mourinho slammed a perceived "campaign" against Chelsea after Cesc Fabregas was booked for diving in Sunday's 1-1 draw at Southampton.

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Written ByPeter Hanson

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Chelsea ensured they will finish 2014 top of the Premier League
after Eden Hazard's individual effort on the stroke of half-time
cancelled out Sadio Mane's opener at the St Mary's Stadium.

However, there was a moment of controversy in the 55th minute
when midfielder Fabregas appeared to be felled in the area by Matt
Targett - who slipped when trying to jockey the Spaniard.

Referee Anthony Taylor produced a yellow card for simulation,
and manager Mourinho believes it is the latest of a series of poor
decisions to go against his team this term.

"I think it's clearly the result of something that looks like a
campaign," he said. "In the first match Diego [Costa] got a yellow
card when should it have been a penalty and red card at
Burnley.

"A few months later we lose two points in a match where the
penalty is there and Fabregas gets a yellow card.

"In football we are always trying - or we should always try - to
change the bad things and the double punishment is something
unbelievable.

"You have a penalty and probably you win the game. You don't get
the penalty and you get a yellow card.

"It should be easy - Anthony goes to a screen, he sees he makes
a mistake.

"He’s a good guy, an honest guy, he writes 'I made a mistake'
and let's [rescind] the yellow card to Fabregas. It should be
simple.

""[They are] bad yellow cards. You can say that. I'm not saying
all, but the crucial ones, because we're speaking about crucial
decisions.

"For example, the game against Hull City - do you think the most
important thing of the game was Gary Cahill [who was
controversially not booked for simulation] or was it Filipe Luis
almost with a broken leg? For me that’s the crucial point of the
game."